I'd be inclined to agree. There are...certain users who will exploit this benefit.
Quote from: Mad Max on January 13, 2015, 03:10:44 PMI'd be inclined to agree. There are...certain users who will exploit this benefit.I've got no doubt they will. Maybe downvoting repeatedly could have the added side-effect of decreasing your own "karma" or whatever point system is in place by a tenth of the amount of a downvote or something along those lines. That way, mass downvoters would be affected over time as well.
I don't think you quite understand what I did with the change to the trust system (which is understandable, considering it's supposed to be kinda a secret).It's not an immunity. Downvotes count for less on high-ranked-people to keep the ratio more or less even. Before, you had this unstable teeter-totter effect where a high-ranked user would rapidly fall a rank (or two, depending on how many downvotes) when they received downvotes.And that's because each post you make when you have like 8000 of them counts for very little in comparison to a downvote. So to make it more stable, I set benchmarks that would gradually water down downvotes as you climb the ranks, so you aren't weighted down by them as they are accumulated during your posting career.
Quote from: Cheat on January 13, 2015, 03:17:52 PMI don't think you quite understand what I did with the change to the trust system (which is understandable, considering it's supposed to be kinda a secret).It's not an immunity. Downvotes count for less on high-ranked-people to keep the ratio more or less even. Before, you had this unstable teeter-totter effect where a high-ranked user would rapidly fall a rank (or two, depending on how many downvotes) when they received downvotes.And that's because each post you make when you have like 8000 of them counts for very little in comparison to a downvote. So to make it more stable, I set benchmarks that would gradually water down downvotes as you climb the ranks, so you aren't weighted down by them as they are accumulated during your posting career.I'm not saying that ten people in one day downvoting should drop someone's rank. I'm saying that something in the range of 50 or 100 within a short amount of time could have an impact.
Quote from: TheOneTrueDesticle on January 13, 2015, 03:22:07 PMQuote from: Cheat on January 13, 2015, 03:17:52 PMI don't think you quite understand what I did with the change to the trust system (which is understandable, considering it's supposed to be kinda a secret).It's not an immunity. Downvotes count for less on high-ranked-people to keep the ratio more or less even. Before, you had this unstable teeter-totter effect where a high-ranked user would rapidly fall a rank (or two, depending on how many downvotes) when they received downvotes.And that's because each post you make when you have like 8000 of them counts for very little in comparison to a downvote. So to make it more stable, I set benchmarks that would gradually water down downvotes as you climb the ranks, so you aren't weighted down by them as they are accumulated during your posting career.I'm not saying that ten people in one day downvoting should drop someone's rank. I'm saying that something in the range of 50 or 100 within a short amount of time could have an impact.I get what you're saying, and we had something like that in the beginning. Basically what happened was people created alts and then downvoted a few users every day for shits and giggles.It's not exactly a secret that I've moved the Trust system further away from a pure Karma + or - equation, and essentially the reason was asshole jerk faces who decided to cause mayhem with user's titles.It's not a system that is likely to be overhauled again, as it has been working successfully for a few months, now. I'm open to changing a few of the values and the scales a bit, but going back to the first or second version of the trust system isn't going to happen (probably).
Suggestion: Remove post count/time online as downvote protection
